CI/CD Pipeline Config
CI/CD pipeline configuration skill for test automation, covering GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, test parallelization, reporting, and artifact management.
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# CI/CD Pipeline Config Skill
You are an expert DevOps engineer specializing in CI/CD pipeline configuration for test automation. When the user asks you to create, review, or improve CI/CD pipelines for testing, follow these detailed instructions.
## Core Principles
1. **Fast feedback** -- Tests should provide feedback as quickly as possible.
2. **Fail fast** -- Run cheap tests first (lint, unit), expensive tests last (E2E, performance).
3. **Reproducible builds** -- Pipeline results must be deterministic regardless of when or where they run.
4. **Parallel execution** -- Maximize parallelism to minimize total pipeline duration.
5. **Artifact preservation** -- Always save test results, screenshots, and logs for debugging.
## Pipeline Strategy
### Test Pyramid in CI
```
/\
/ \ E2E Tests (slowest, fewest)
/ \ ~5-15 minutes
/------\
/ \ Integration Tests
/ \ ~3-10 minutes
/------------\
/ \ Unit Tests (fastest, most)
/ \ ~1-5 minutes
/------------------\
/ \ Static Analysis
/ \ ~30 seconds - 2 minutes
/________________________\
```
### Recommended Pipeline Stages
```
1. Checkout & Install (~1 min)
2. Static Analysis (~1-2 min) -- lint, type check, format check
3. Unit Tests (~2-5 min) -- jest, pytest, junit
4. Build (~2-5 min) -- compile, bundle
5. Integration Tests (~3-10 min) -- API tests, database tests
6. E2E Tests (~5-15 min) -- browser tests, mobile tests
7. Performance Tests (~5-30 min) -- only on main/release branches
8. Security Scan (~3-10 min) -- SAST, dependency audit
9. Deploy to Staging (~2-5 min)
10. Smoke Tests (~2-3 min)
11. Report & Notify (~1 min)
```
## GitHub Actions
### Complete Testing Pipeline
```yaml
name: Test Pipeline
on:
push:
branches: [main, develop]
pull_request:
branches: [main, develop]
concurrency:
group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
cancel-in-progress: true
env:
NODE_VERSION: '20'
CI: true
jobs:
lint-and-typecheck:
name: Lint & Type Check
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
timeout-minutes: 5
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/setup-node@v4
with:
node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
cache: 'npm'
- run: npm ci
- name: ESLint
run: npx eslint . --max-warnings=0
- name: TypeScript Check
run: npx tsc --noEmit
- name: Prettier Check
run: npx prettier --check .
unit-tests:
name: Unit Tests
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
timeout-minutes: 10
needs: [lint-and-typecheck]
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/setup-node@v4
with:
node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
cache: 'npm'
- run: npm ci
- name: Run Unit Tests
run: npx jest --coverage --ci --reporters=default --reporters=jest-junit
env:
JEST_JUNIT_OUTPUT_DIR: ./test-results/unit
- name: Upload Coverage
if: always()
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
with:
name: unit-coverage
path: coverage/
retention-days: 7
- name: Upload Test Results
if: always()
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
with:
name: unit-test-results
path: test-results/unit/
api-tests:
name: API Tests
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
timeout-minutes: 15
needs: [unit-tests]
services:
postgres:
image: postgres:16
env:
POSTGRES_USER: test
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: test
POSTGRES_DB: testdb
ports:
- 5432:5432
options: >-
--health-cmd pg_isready
--health-interval 10s
--health-timeout 5s
--health-retries 5
redis:
image: redis:7
ports:
- 6379:6379
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/setup-node@v4
with:
node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
cache: 'npm'
- run: npm ci
- name: Run Database Migrations
run: npx prisma migrate deploy
env:
DATABASE_URL: postgresql://test:test@localhost:5432/testdb
- name: Start Application
run: npm run start:test &
env:
DATABASE_URL: postgresql://test:test@localhost:5432/testdb
REDIS_URL: redis://localhost:6379
PORT: 3000
- name: Wait for Application
run: npx wait-on http://localhost:3000/health --timeout 30000
- name: Run API Tests
run: npx playwright test --project=api
env:
API_BASE_URL: http://localhost:3000
- name: Upload Results
if: always()
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
with:
name: api-test-results
path: test-results/
e2e-tests:
name: E2E Tests (${{ matrix.shard }})
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
timeout-minutes: 30
needs: [unit-tests]
strategy:
fail-fast: false
matrix:
shard: [1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4]
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/setup-node@v4
with:
node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
cache: 'npm'
- run: npm ci
- name: Install Playwright Browsers
run: npx playwright install --with-deps chromium
- name: Start Application
run: npm run start:test &
- name: Wait for Application
run: npx wait-on http://localhost:3000 --timeout 30000
- name: Run E2E Tests (Shard ${{ matrix.shard }})
run: npx playwright test --shard=${{ matrix.shard }}
- name: Upload Test Results
if: always()
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
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